Commercial Maritime Law

Liens against the vessel shall include the following: 1. Court expenses incurred in the maintenance and sale of the vessel, and the distribution of the sale proceeds. 2. Debts arising from work contracts for the master, crew members, and other persons bound by a maritime contract of employment on board the vessel, including social insurance contributions. 3. State fees and taxes, port charges, pilotage and towage fees, and costs of pursuit, guarding, maintenance, and other maritime services. 4. Salvage-related rewards and share of the vessel in general average losses. 5. Compensations for collisions, pollution, and other navigation incidents; damage sustained by port installations, docks, and navigation lines; death and bodily injuries to passengers, master, and crew members; and loss or damage sustained by goods and baggage. 6. Debts arising from contracts concluded by the master and operations he carries out outside the vessel’s port of registration, within his statutory powers, for the necessary maintenance of the vessel or the continuance of its voyage, whether or not the master is the owner of the vessel, and whether the debt is due to him or due to suppliers, lenders, persons who have repaired the vessel, or other contractors, as well as the debts incurred by the operator by reason of tasks performed by the shipping agent.